The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced it will be installing 40 self-service kiosks where residents can renew or replace non-commercial driver licenses.

Six of the kiosks will be located in Shelby County, according to a release, including one centrally located at Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library on Poplar Avenue. So far, 30 of the machines have been installed and the remaining 10 will be up and running by the end of February.

Customers can pay for license replacements or renewals with credit or debit cards, but additional technology at the kiosks sounds like something straight out of science fiction. Using a photograph on file, the kiosks use facial recognition technology to verify drivers are who they say they are.

“We are giving citizens another choice when it comes time to renew or replace their driver licenses,” Bill Gibbons, department commissioner, said in a release. “Many of the kiosks are located at alternate locations, redirecting traffic from our driver service centers and freeing up the staff there for more complicated transactions.”

Lines at driver licensing stations are notoriously long and Gibbons said his department has a goal of reducing the average waiting time in driver service centers to a maximum of 20 minutes. Still, some kiosks will be installed at existing driver service centers.

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